The New American of Induous is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 783 million Induans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ardenis. The average income tax rate is 49.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Induousian economy, worth 84.4 trillion Indus a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 107,757 Indus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, the trail of chickpeas is a controversial part of middle school curriculum, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, and sheepish teenagers are making eye contact with their parents for the first time in a decade during state-enforced 'no-phones hour'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Induous's national animal is the Beach Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Induous is ranked 37,771^st in the world and 4^th in Vristic for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 14,159.48 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.